Collar-fastening.



R. M. REID.

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UNITED STATES PATEN FFI@ COLLAR-FASTENING.

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Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application led February 23, 1915. Serial No. 9,933.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT M. REID, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented -au Improvement in Collar-Fastenings, of

which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to collars of the turned down type and is particularly effective in connection with collars close fitting at the front, the fastening of which is attended by considerable dificulty with the use of the collar buttons now generally utilized for this purpose.

The object of my invention is therefore to provide a collar of this type having nonalined apertures in its overlapping front extensions togetherwith a fastening member having portions engageable with the apertures in such manner that they may swing to guide the front portions of the collar into their proper' and desired relation, the fastening member also having a hook portion with which the overlappinghextension of the collar may subsequently engage in order to lock the parts in such position. In carrying outv these objects I provide a construction of collar and fastener as shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, andin which, y

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating portions of a shirt and collar to be associated therewith showing my improved fastener in its initial position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the collar portions ready for movement with the fastener to engaged position. Fig. 8 is a similar' View illustrating the parts in engaged and locked position. Fig. 4 is a detailhorizontal section taken through the parts shown in Fig. 3 and substantially on line 4-4 of the said figure. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the fastener removed, and partly broken away and in section. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through a modified form of fastener. Fig. 7 is a similar view through another modified form of fastener.

Referring now to these figures, A designates a collar of the turned down type, the respective front portions A and A2 of which are provided with underlying and overlapping extensions a and a having the usual button apertures a2. In accordance with my invention, however, the usual button aperture a2 of the overlapping flap a is not used, an aperture a8 being formed in the overlapping flap a. adjacent to its extremity and at a point where it will be wholly concealed beneath the front portion A of the collar when the collar is secured in proper position as particularly shown in Fig. 3.

. The fastener I propose consists of a body B in the form of a plate having offset projections B and B2 upon relatively opposite sides thereof and extending from relatively opposite ends thereof, one of these projections B2 being adapted for engagement through the button aperture a2 of the underlying flap L andthe other projection B being adapted for engagement through the nonalined button aperture a3 of the overlapping flap or extension a', with the' body or plate B lying between the said collar extensions or flaps. In this manner the front portions A and A2 may be freely swung to closed position without the necessity of bending the same or their extensions or iiaps as required with the usual collar buttons. The end of the body B of the fastener adjacent its inner projection B2 has a lateral extension b terminating in a hook b with which the edge of the overlapping extension or flap a may be engaged in order to lock the front portions of the collar in closed position as best shown in Fig. 3.

It is to be understood that the inner projection B2 may also extend throughy the usual button apertures c of the band of a shirt C on which the collar is to be fastened, and that these heads are substantially oval in form in order that they may be readily projected through theJ button apertures both of the collar and the shirt band.

It is also to be understood that with the collar in closed position as shown in Fig. 3 it is simply necessary to release the lower edge of the overlapping flap orextension a from the hook o of the fastener in order that the front portions of the collar may be swung open in removing the collar.

It is further to be understood that the fastener may be of any desired shape so long as the foregoing essentials are present and that the projections may be either stamped out of and upset from the body of the fastener as illustrated lin Figs. l to 5 inclusive, or that either one or both of these projections may be supplemental pieces b2 and b3 riveted to plates B3 and B4 as respectively shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

It will also be seen by .particular rean ioo ence to F ig. 5 that these projections have short shanks Which may be stamped out with lateral Wings and these Wings subsequently bent in order that the Shanks may provide a rounded surface as indicated at b4 in said figure.

A collar constructed in accordance with my invention and closed by means of my improved fastener Will obviate the difiiculty usually present in fastening close fitting collars and will also do avvay with the necessity of bending either the front portions of the collars or their closing extensions or fiaps.

I claim:

l. A fastener of the character described, comprising a body having integral projections upset therefrom upon relatively opposite sides thereof, said projections being offset from the body and extending toward relatively opposite ends thereof, and said body having a rigid lateral extension adhaving integral projections offset therefrom Y at opposite sides and extending toward opposite ends thereof, said body having an integral laterally projecting hook member adjacent one of its said ends.

ROBERT MINARD REID Witnesses MYRON Gr. CLEAR, SoLoN C. KEMON.

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